Comments by "John Adam" (@johnadam2885) on "Hindustan Times"
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The blame game starts when defeat stares.
For the west, the Russian action was presented as a moral outrage, 'an unprovoked attack against a sovereign nation' (BoJo). No discussion and questioning of the US drive for NATO expansion, and the US action of cultivating and stoking anti-Russianism in Ukraine, and staging a coup in 2014 to position an implanted anti-Russian government.
The west believed its own propaganda : Russia was weak economically and militarily, the west would be able to strangle Russia with sanctions, and the western equipment was so much superior, and Russian equipment was so much inferior, that Ukraine will defeat Russia and Russia would surrender and accept western terms. These are convictions that westerners still hold.
Hence, indeed western expectations were high, and Ukraine promised what the west wanted to believe as it has an implanted govt., which knows the tune its master wants to hear.
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@solmak47 'they already shut off Black Sea to NATO due to Ukraine war to support Russia… '
They have done this according to the Montreux convention from 1936 which regulates the traffic between Black Sea and Mediterrenean. In wartime, if Turkey is not involved in the conflict, warships of the nations at war may not pass through the Straits, except when returning to their base.
Since NATO countries are aiding and abetting a warring party, Turkey does not let NATO warships enter during a period of war. Equally, Russia's Baltic fleet cannot enter to support its Black Sea Fleet. Hence, Turkey is following the rules.
Russia has access to the Black Sea due to its fleet in Sevasatopol. The US push to get Ukraine into NATO was to expel the Russian Black Sea fleet from Sevastapol. That is why Russia had to seize Crimea in 2014, to stave off NATO mischief to block Russia from the Black Sea
Yes, Turkey is doing well, as it is does not listen to US and EU. UK, Germany and France have to tow the US line. They are doormats of the US. They have to buy LNG at 4x the price due to order from the US. Germany does not even have the courage to name who blew up Nordstream pipeline. Generally, vassal states do not have a control of their destiny.
Turkey is not a vassal state. It can get energy from Russia or anywhere. In fact Putin met Erdogan to create a gas hub in Turkey. Turkey also dictates terms in NATO - again, because it is a sovereign state.
'Why send troops? Their basic weapons on the hands of Ukrainians are doing great job!'
That is a face saver. If NATO is strong, you could have stopped the war by defeating Russia quickly. No need for Ukrainains to be massacred. But then the Russians would massacre you instead - and you do not have the courage.
Ukranians are doing a great job ? They lost 20% of their country, they are losing Soledar and Bakhmut, they have more than 100,000 soldiers killed, no power or water, they have no access to the sea, their GDP is < 50% of before, the damage is $ 1 trillion, they have 7 million refugees, and the beating will continue. Great job ? You are sitting smugly and safely in Europe, like a coward, and declaring Ukraine is winning.
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@parthbhatt2648 You are bluffing with someone who has visited India and had a look at your Scriptures, and studied also the writings of Ambedkar and also Brahmin Nazis like Golwalkar.
'one who knows and follows Vedas is Brahmin, by definition' - 'Similarly, a non-Brahmin fulfilling the above criteria can qualify to become a Brahmin. So basically anybody can become Brahmin if they want to regardless of their so-called caste or even their religion.'
You are trying to pull a fast one.
The Vedas and all Hindu texts (Mahabharata, Ramayana etc.) endorse caste. If you say you are a follower of the Vedas, you follow the caste system by definition. Ambedkar wrote a condemnation of a wicked story in the Ramayana where the god Rama slays Shambuga from the untouchable caste for doing penance and reading Vedas.
'by definition, a Brahmim is someone who has (or pursues) the knowledge of Brahmand, meaning the universe. So technically any scientist who knows Vedas can claim to be a Brahmin, and no one can stop them.'
In the story in the Ramayana, Shambuga could not become a Brahmin by studying the Vedas. So what are you talking about ?
The caste system was not codified by the British, it is very much a tenet, in fact the only tenet of Hinduism. The first history of India was written by the scholar Alberuni from Afghanistan, about 1025 AD, and he notes the Hindus do no believe in equality of people before God.
Ambedkar wrote that if Indians migrate one day outside India, caste will become a world problem. This Brahmin Ramasamy's statements denying racism in US is similar to a Brahmin like you denying the caste racism in India.
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Kissinger correctly summed up India as the largest, unimportant country.
Indians have a sense of entitlement, because India has the largest population. Its 5th ranking in GDP is misleading and is only linked to the population; per capita GDP is now lower than Bangladesh. On any ranking of metrics of standard of living, Indian will be in the bottom 30.
Jaishankar's plea is that due to large population, India should be in the Security Council. That is a pathetic plea. No one is going to buy that.
India has enmity with all its neighbours - with Pakistan and China, not to mention Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It has slid into enmity with Muslims and Christians.
India itself is a fractious tinderbox. The Hindus are an inexplicable collection of castes, and they seek unity by beating up minorities. That is how pathetic they are.
The economic miracle was made by Manmohan Singh, it has run its course, now India is mired in Hindu extremism and Nazi style nationalism.
Jaishankar himself has written a book on India's predicament. India is surrounded by enemies (of its own creation), it is not strong enough economically as China, it is not militarily powerful as Russia, China and the US, it is not strong enough to be a dictating pole even in its neighbour hood, it has to have a balancing act between Russia, China and the US to have a semi-independent stance.
India is casting about for relevance. Modi has given high caste Hindus and Hindus settled abroad a false belief that Hindus are now someone important in the world. But the low caste Hindus are not benefited, let alone non-Hindus. Unlike China, Russia or America, there is no Indian sense of nationhood. It is an inexplicable collections of castes and communities with rising intolerance, and leaders like Modi rely on that for power.
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